Not another one!
Bird flu, a swing and a miss.
Swine flue, a swing and a miss.
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What is this penchant for chicken little nonsense all about?
Yes, there will probably be a terrible bout with the flu in the future, and many people will die. What is to be gained by trying to scare the living ‘s—t’ out of everyone in the meantime?
There is something driving this. What that is exactly, I don’t know, but certain people are not trying to scare the public to death for no reason at all. You can take that to the bank.
The flu pandemics are absolutely light hitters when one contemplates the world wide MASS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WHEN THE SEAS RISE 2000 FEET BY THE YEAR 2100, THE AVERAGE TEMP WILL BE 135 DEG IN THE NORTH POLE, ALL HURRICANES WILL BE FORCE 9, ETC., etc., etc
I see your point but one thing that Barry pointed out in his book is that the press was much to blame for downplaying the pandemic. It’s surprising today but, far from sensationalizing the problem, they impeded the search for an antidote by deliberately failing to inform people about the scope of the calamity. Of course, ultimately, the people knew the truth about what was happening. By the way, it may be hard for us to believe today but we were close to a total social collapse because of the panic and lack of information.